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Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: bader0 on Sun, 10 July 2011, 22:14:56

hey guys i'm very new to this forum, sorry for any inconvenience but i have a quick question. I bought a razer blackwidow ultimate as my first mechanical keyboard not long ago and i love the feel of the cherry mx blue switches but i kinda want to try brown switches. i have narrowed it down to the xarmour or the ducky backlit as i want backlighting. And was wondering if there is going to be any quality difference between the two boards, and what would it be.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: bah on Sun, 10 July 2011, 22:30:59

Hey Bad.
I did the same thing- I bought the BWU didn't like the Blue Switches, sold it here, then bought the XArmor from Amazon.

I don't know anything about the Ducky but I can tell you ever since I switched to the XArmor (Browns) I've been loving it- there is a big difference in the key switches (at least to me).
From what I've seen here, from trolling a few threads, is the BWU and the XArmor are about the same quality wise- they are both very decent mech KB- IMO.
I would personally go for the XArmor. I would have considered Deck but they don't have Browns  :(
Hope this helps.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 10 July 2011, 22:38:47

Ducky Shine is not available yet. I'm not sure what the release schedule is, but it might be awhile before you would get a comparison.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: bader0 on Sun, 10 July 2011, 23:47:23

thanks for the responses, its my understanding that the ducky will just be a ducky 9008 with leds. i was wondering about the feel of the ducky9008 in comparison to the xarmour really. or if the brand ducky had better keyboards in general than xarmour. i am aware that the ducky shine will not be out for a while and i am fine with waiting for it.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 10 July 2011, 23:56:36

Most people will say the Ducky is better made. I haven't tried either so I can't say personally. I feel the ducky looks a lot nicer though.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: bader0 on Mon, 11 July 2011, 00:01:38

Quote from: lysol;377913

Most people will say the Ducky is better made. I haven't tried either so I can't say personally. I feel the ducky looks a lot nicer though.

thanks again, and yes i think that the ducky looks much cleaner and nicer too. i think atm im leaning towards waiting for it as i can get it easily here in australia from mechkeyboards.com

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: bdpq on Mon, 11 July 2011, 00:37:07

I saw the Ducky 9008 Shine in Computex, it looks very nice.  I'd put my money on Ducky.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: bader0 on Mon, 11 July 2011, 02:10:20

Quote from: bdpq;377949

I saw the Ducky 9008 Shine in Computex, it looks very nice.  I'd put my money on Ducky.

thanks for responding i think i have decided to wait for the ducky.

Title: ducky or xarmour?
Post by: The Solutor on Mon, 11 July 2011, 05:50:10

Ducky shine is a black only board, Xarmor is available in blue or brown.

This is the main difference